Win-It-Wednesday: “Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry” Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam
Elana Amsterdam is one of my favorite gluten-free cookbook authors. Her last two cookbooks, “The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook” and “Gluten-Free Cupcakes” are two of my most go-to, used and perused cookbooks that I own.
And now Elana has created yet another marvelously, scrumptious collaboration of gluten-free, grain-free and dairy free recipes in her newest cookbook addition – “Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry – Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Dairy-Free Recipes”.
I’ve heard a lot over the past few months about Paleo cooking, but was never quite sure what it was all about. What exactly is the premise of Paleo cooking? What can you eat? What can’t you eat? Does the diet allow any baked goods at all? And after reading the first few chapters of Elana’s cookbook I discovered the answers to all of the questions I had regarding the Paleo cooking… plus more.
What I learned is that Paleo cooking is free of gluten, grains and dairy. It takes its cue from our hunter-gatherer ancestors and “consists mainly of all-natural low-sugar, high-fiber, and high-protein real foods like fish, grass-fed pasture raised meats, eggs, vegetables, fruit, fungi, roots, seeds and nuts.” All the things that I love the taste of… and love to eat!
This cookbook is fantastic for those that have allergies (aka: me!); folks who want to eat “cleaner” and avoid processed foods (aka: me!), or even for those who want to lose some weight by eating “real” foods that are low in sugar and high in fiber (aka: me!).
After paging through the recipes in this cookbook and already giving several a try ( and can you say delicious?!) I think I may soon jump aboard the Paleo Diet for a few weeks. I love the way that Elana incorporates almond flour and coconut flour into her recipes to produces high-fiber, soft and yummy baked goods like bagels, Banana Bread, & Blueberry Coffee Cake.
And congratulations to Elana for having this cookbook land on the New York Times Best Sellers List! Kudos to you, Elana!
All of the yummy & enticing Paleo recipes, from one of my favorite cookbook authors, in one easy to read cookbook with fantastic photos and terrific variety are the reasons that I am so excited Elana Ansterdam’s newest cookbook, “Paleo Cooking from Elana’s Pantry” is this week’s Win-It-Wednesday sponsor on BeFreeForMe.com. Four (Yes, 4!) lucky BeFreeForMe members will be the winner of their very own copy of this cookbook! Two winner will be randomly selected from all comments / entries received before Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST), and a second winner will be selected from all comments / entries received between Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 12:00 AM (EST) and Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 11:59 PM (EST).
How can you win?
Easy!
Reply to this blog and send your congratulations to Elana for having this cookbook make the New York Times Best Seller List (I will make sure she receives all of your congrats =) ! Good luck, remember gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free (and allergen free!) can be tasty & scrumptious, AND on the New York Times Best Sellers list!… and as always…
Be Free!
Tags: Elana Amsterdam Paleo cookbook, Paleo cooking From Elan's Pantry, Paleo Diet cookbook, Win-It-Wednesday
July 10th, 2013 at 6:09 am
We love your Almond Flour cookbook, and this one looks great! My husband does very well on the paleo diet, since it is automatically gluten-free. The cookbook looks great, and many congratulations on making the NYTimes bestseller list!
July 10th, 2013 at 7:35 am
Congratulations! Nicely done! Looking forward to reading and cooking from your cookbook.
July 10th, 2013 at 8:05 am
Congratulations on your book making the NY Times best seller list, Elena! Can’t wait to get my hands on this book and try out all your new recipes…
July 10th, 2013 at 8:13 am
WOW–great job to get your cookbook on the NY Times Best seller list !Way to go!!
July 10th, 2013 at 9:08 am
Elana, Congratulations o the NY Times Best Selling List!
July 10th, 2013 at 10:11 am
Congratulations for making the NY Times best seller list. I’m so glad to have gluten free healthy food in the public eye. I can’t wait to try your new Paleo cookbook.
July 10th, 2013 at 10:22 am
Good job Elana! I’m glad somebody is showing the world that gluten-free doesn’t mean taste-free and it’s a great way for all people to get healthy…I look forward to trying the recipes out!
July 10th, 2013 at 11:05 am
Congratulations Elana. This must be a fantastic book since it made the NY Times Best seller List. Cooking Paleo is the only way to go, and it’s great to have such a well-respected resource available. Sounds like more and more people are getting on board the Paelo train.
July 10th, 2013 at 11:16 am
Awesome work! I have your other cookbooks that I can use for paleo but a full cookbook is awesome. Can’t wait to find it in stores if I don’t win.
July 10th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Congrats on your new book and for making the NY Times best sellers list already!!! I really enjoy your website.
Now I find out you are going to be here for our annual book festival in September and I won’t be available- darn!!! Can’t believe I’ll miss it!
Would love to win a copy of your book.
Thanks for all you do!
July 10th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Congratulations, Elana on making the NY Times best seller list. I have your cupcake book and would love to win a copy of your latest book. Thanks for the giveaway!
July 10th, 2013 at 7:20 pm
Congratulations for making the N Y Times best seller list. Don’t have any of your cookbooks but sure would like to win one.
July 10th, 2013 at 9:22 pm
congrats thats awesoome!
July 11th, 2013 at 9:01 am
Wow, a gf book making the NYT best seller list? Rock on!
July 11th, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Congrats! I am so happy to see your success with your book. I’ve been following your work for a while, it’s great stuff!
July 12th, 2013 at 1:17 pm
This is a wonderful looking book. Before getting Celiac Sprue I collected cook books and cooked from the several times a week. After getting sick I shied away from it all. But I am slowly getting back into it. I would love to have this cook book so I could once again get back into the cooking.
July 12th, 2013 at 5:37 pm
Congrats! I would love a copy:)
July 12th, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Love your work and looking forward to more of it – Congratulations on the success of this book!
July 13th, 2013 at 7:34 am
Congrats on making the NYT best sellers list! Good to see real food recipes getting more and more love!
July 13th, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Just saw it in the bookstore yesterday. It looks wonderful. Congratulations!
July 13th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
Congratulations Elana for having this cookbook make the New York Times Best Seller List! I hope I win.
July 13th, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Congrats Elana.. I love your recipes.. Way to go !!
July 13th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
I love the new cookbook. I can’t wait to try the recipes. congrats to Elana!
July 13th, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Congratulations Elana for having your cookbook make the New York Times Best Seller List!! Keep up the great work, I love your recipes!
July 13th, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Congratulations Elana on making the New York Times best sellers list. I have your cupcake and almond flour books. I go to your sight for recipes often. Thanks!
July 13th, 2013 at 3:51 pm
Congratulations for making the NY Times best seller list~ Can not wait to become gluten free
July 13th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Congratulations! Looking forward to trying out new recipes!
July 13th, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Another great cookbook from Elana? A must-have for sure! Hope I win. If not. I’ll have to make a trip to the bookstore
July 13th, 2013 at 4:21 pm
Wahoo! Congratulations on your book! I have loved your other books so much as they have been able to fit into my Paleo lifestyle, but a Paleo book itself couldn’t be better! Hope your celebrating with your Almond Butter Blondies (my favorite, yummy). Way to GO!
July 13th, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Congratulations to you, Elana, on the success of your new book! I have the Almond Cookbook which I very much enjoy and can’t wait to get it! I was so happy to find your site a few months ago and enjoy so many of the recipes! One of my staple desserts are the Paleo Coconut Bars. I finally feel that I have found a way of eating that is healthy and makes me feel good!
July 13th, 2013 at 5:43 pm
Congrats! This looks like a fabulous cookbook! 🙂
July 13th, 2013 at 6:25 pm
Congratulation, Elana, on your book and making the NY times best seller list. I am so glad to see that your efforts have been recognized and that there is so much interest in healthy eating. Your recipes are amazing and I am grateful that you share them so freely. Thank you!
July 13th, 2013 at 8:16 pm
I’ve made several of the recipes on Elana’s blog and love them all. Major Congrats, Elana!
July 13th, 2013 at 9:34 pm
Congratulations Elanaon making the New York Times Best Seller list! Amazing…hopefully a sign that people want to live a healthier lifestyle. Thank you for what you do!
July 13th, 2013 at 10:10 pm
Congratulations Elaine on your book making NY Times best seller list! I just found you and am looking forward to cooking some of you recipes!
July 13th, 2013 at 10:43 pm
A big congrats to you. A long time follower of your blog and so happy to see your book do so well.
July 14th, 2013 at 9:15 am
Congrats on making it to the NYT best sellers list! That is so huge! And Thank you for such a great GF option. I have many GF friends and they have loved your recipes! Not GF, but really enjoy eating good food.
July 14th, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Elana,
Wonderful work! Happy to see success for such a wonderful and worthy project! Keep it up, I’ll be watching. 🙂
July 14th, 2013 at 5:06 pm
Congratulations, Elena! What a confirmation that you are a wonderful cook and author! I love your recipes, and would love to have this book! I gave your almond flour book to my daughter and she loves it.
July 15th, 2013 at 10:37 am
So many congratulations, Elana!! Thank you so much for your recipes and blog. Love them all, and I wish I’d been able to see you at The Tattered Cover last week.
July 15th, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Congrats on your book! I follow your website and love all your recipes.
July 16th, 2013 at 5:51 am
Congrats, Elana! Another fabulous cookbook written for such a unique population. My family has celiac and a dairy intolerance so we can’t wait to pick it up. Thank you!!
July 17th, 2013 at 5:45 am
Congrats Elena! What a tremendous accomplishment.
July 17th, 2013 at 8:26 am
I really enjoy your recipes. My new favorite is the Paleo Chocolate Zucchini Bread, it’s like cake! Your new book is on my wish list. Thank you for creating these wonderful recipes that I can eat!
July 17th, 2013 at 8:28 am
😀 Congrats!!!!
July 17th, 2013 at 8:41 am
Congratulations, Elana! Your books are wonderful.
July 17th, 2013 at 8:58 am
Congratulations Elana on your great achievement! I hope I can be making some of your yummy recipes soon!
July 17th, 2013 at 12:11 pm
still hoping to win that cookbook–Kudos to you Elana for your fabulous book getting on the NY Times list!!
July 17th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
congrats, this looks like a great cookbook
July 18th, 2013 at 9:06 am
This book looks like a Godsend. I have to eat GF/ DF/fructose free/grain free. A very boring diet to say the least. Congratulations on another great cookbook and for making the NY Best Seller list!
July 18th, 2013 at 9:07 am
Great job making the best sellers list, Elana! Would love to get a copy of your book!
July 18th, 2013 at 10:18 am
Congratulations! Am looking forward to see how this fits into my life.
July 18th, 2013 at 10:54 am
Congratulations. I am excited to use your recipes from the new book!!!
July 18th, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Congratulations! I will read the book no matter what!
July 18th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
As a dietetics student, cookbooks like these are a priceless resource to have for me and for future clients! For all of those who face the reality of intense intolerances to gluten/refined sugar/dairy, and those who know that feeling their best means not eating those things, great recipes are a tool for living more joyfully and healthfully day to day. Thank you, Elana, for your gorgeous resource!
July 18th, 2013 at 8:18 pm
Congrats! What a great accomplishment from a great cook and blogger.
July 18th, 2013 at 9:19 pm
Congratulations Elana, keep it up!
July 22nd, 2013 at 12:30 am
Much congratz~! I am just starting out on the Paleo diet, and your book was the first thing I looked at when searching for recipies. 🙂 I’ve seen so many great reviews, I appreciate the chance to get a copy of your book~!
July 22nd, 2013 at 7:02 am
Congratulations Elana, I can’t wait to try all your new recipes!!! So hungry just thinking about it.
July 22nd, 2013 at 7:12 am
Congratulations! Looks like an awesome book! I love new recipes – I feel like I’m stuck in a rut!
July 22nd, 2013 at 7:24 am
Congrats on being on the NYT best seller’s list! What an accomplishment!
July 22nd, 2013 at 9:39 am
I’d LOVE to get Elana’s book. I have her other two and since then have discovered that I can’t eat rice. As a result, my forlorn research has been leading me to the paleo diet. I feel more hope now that I see Elana has a cookbook that includes a wide gamut of recipes to guide me! Congratulations AND thank you Elena on putting this cookbook together.
July 23rd, 2013 at 9:22 am
Congratulations on this great book! I already have your almond flour cookbook. All the best.
July 23rd, 2013 at 10:03 pm
I would love to receive your cookbook! I am new to cooking with almond flour and I would love a collection of your recipes!